Please help me with my new orchid

wallbash

No and yes .
Bigger question , how straight was the stem.
You are a few days ahead of mine. Hanging on to just a few petals , but now looking a little sad

maman

wallbash wrote: »

No and yes .
Bigger question , how straight was the stem.
You are a few days ahead of mine. Hanging on to just a few petals , but now looking a little sad

Thanks for your response. The stem is really straight. I nurtured it by moving that little clip (bit like tiny hair slide) up as it grew and turned the pot regularly to stop it moving towards the light in one direction IYSWIM.

maman

Another question about my orchids!


I now have three plants. I've cut back the flower stems on all of them after flowering. Two have strong root growth and strong leaves. The third (the oldest one) has root growth and is the only one starting to grow a new flower stem BUT its leaves are floppy and one leaf is brownish and obviously dying off.


Is this because its older or am I going wrong somewhere?


TIA

blueorchid_2

what kind of orchid? I'm guessing you mean Phalaenopsis (Moth orchid)?
1. cut back to the 2nd or 3rd notch on the flowering stem.
2. don't overwater or over-pot, basically leave them alone! Their natural habitat is in leaf litter/bark with aerial roots. if do you report, use bark or an orchid compost not potting compost.
good advice on RHS website ( sorry I'm not yet allowed to post links)
I've had to reduce my orchid collection to just cymbidiums (which I keep/neglect outside) and moth orchids.always got a couple in flower. I buy them when massively reduced. Even picked one out of bin and got it going again.